What's with all the Chuck E. Cheese fights?

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The Wall Street Journal takes time out this week to focus on a serious issue affecting families nationwide: the rash of fistfights breaking out at Chuck E. Cheeses everywhere. The story details all sorts of adult-on-adult violence at the kid-oriented restaurant chain—behavior that's blamed on alcohol (about 70 percent of Cheese locations serve wine and beer), stress (it's a popular spot for children's parties) and what the Journal terms a "mama-bear instinct." "A Chuck E.

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